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Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney for President Donald Trump, was sent back to prison Thursday after refusing to sign a home confinement agreement barring him from publishing a book or speaking to the media, according to law enforcement officials and Cohen's attorneys.
Cohen was taken into custody by U.S. marshals after arriving at a New York federal courthouse Thursday morning to sign home confinement documents, said his lawyer Jeffrey Levine.
Law enforcement officials said Cohen, who had been released from prison due to coronavirus concerns, refused to sign the agreement prohibiting him from interacting with the media or writing a book....
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Michael Cohen was spotted potentially breaking the terms of his prison release by dining out at a Manhattan restaurant with friends Thursday night, according to a report from the New York Post....
Eating out appears to be a violation of the conditions of his release. According to a description of what furloughs entail on the Bureau of Prisons website, inmates on furlough must not "leave the area of his/her furlough without permission, except for traveling to the furlough destination, and returning to the institution."...
"An inmate who violates the conditions of a furlough may be considered an escapee...and may be subject to criminal prosecution and institution disciplinary action," the document states.